For the last time this year the Holy Shit Shopping presents itself in Hamburg. This weekend in a hall of the Hamburg Messe 200 designers and artists will offer handmade products. From fashion and jewellery, books and photography through to organic olive oil from Greece you can chose from a colourful mix of treasures and…
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Banksy’s ironic attacks on consumer culture
Recently, a few new, consume-critical works by the famous street-artist Banksy popped up in the streets. With a mix of smooth irony and dark sarcasm, he’s irritating the consumer masses and those who are persuading them.. „Sorry, the lifestyle that you ordered is currently out of stock“. Meanwhile, Banksy has become one of the most…
Four Paws publishes ‚Poison in fur‘ report
On behalf of the animal welfare foundation Four Paws, EcoAid by Manfred Krautter tested whether furs in fashion can affect the health of consumers or sales staff. And as some might think furs are natural products, they do actually contain a lot of different chemical substances that can harm your body. As if the fur industry itself…
Debut of the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin
Where to find the best selection of green fashion labels? In Berlin, of course! This January during the Berlin Fashion Week the first edition of the Ethical Fashion Show Berlin is expected, taking place at the impressive old power station E-werk in Berlin-Mitte. The event has just put their website online (though still only in…
Karmakonsum Konferenz 2012 for early birds
The Karmakonsum Konferenz is one of those yearly must-do events in Germany for those involved or wanna-be involved in sustainability. This years‘ conference is dedicated to the topic of „economy and the common good“, which is promising interest in a wide spread of „commons“ topics including Do-It-Yourself and the implementation of the common good into…
What’s new? NETZWERKFAIREMODE
Professor Mark Starmanns who was also one of our most popular speakers at the Beyond Fashion Summit is part of the team behind the online platform NETZWERKFAIREMODE (Fair Fashion Network). This network specialized on presenting businesses and companies, well-established ones as well as young fashion brands from the green segment. Besides Mark Starmanns the team…
MINT – Forward Fashion at Modefabriek
We are looking forward to the 22nd and 23rd of January 2012 because that’s when MINT will take place for the second time – a new event for the future of fashion – fashion made with respect for people, animals and the environment, without concession in style. The Modefabriek in Amsterdam, a well-established fair where…
Good to know – LED lights for Christmas
If you are still busy with festively decorating your apartment, then take into consideration that all those lights look very cozy but cause a lot of extra energy. On Love Green I just read that one pair of fairy lights can cost you up to 5 € extra during those festive weeks. And usually you…
Froh über das FROH! Magazin
Froh: Der Name ist Programm, denn das Gesellschaftsmagazin erfüllt mit schönem Bildmaterial und interessanten Beiträgen aus Kultur, nachhaltigen Lebenskonzepten und einem Hauch von Spiritualität alle seelischen Bedürfnisse seiner Leser. Das FROH! Magazin erscheint drei mal im Jahr und beschäftigt sich mit jeweils einem aktuellen Themenschwerpunkt wie z.B. „Licht“, „Unterwegs“ oder „Luxus“ – welches die letzte…
Irina Werning – Back to the Future
On ignant.de I found the second edition of Irina Werning’s project “Back to the Future”. Werning has a real thing for old photographs and for the story behind them, which is why she recreates pictures from the past together with people in several cities of the world. We can see the same person in the…